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Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad

Join your peers this summer on the French Riviera and walk the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France! In this Maymester program, students will not only attend the Cannes Film Festival – viewing films before they make their big screen debut and rub elbows with prominent film critics, distributors, directors, and producers, but will expand their perspectives on global media and film while taking classes, taught by UGA professors.

Program Dates

This program operates in Maymester each year. For summer 2019, students will arrive on May 11 or 12, 2019 and depart from the program on June 6, 2019. Classes will begin on Monday, May 13, 2019 and end on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.

The Course and Course Objectives

Students will receive six hours of elective credit during the Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad program.

The first course is “JOUR 5590/7590- Critical Writing and Reviewing.” This course focuses on the art of critiquing and reviewing live events, movies and television, while incorporating knowledge of culture, international occurrences and time periods. No pre-req required.

The second course is “EMST4040/6040 – International Film Industry Studies.” For this course, students will research film marketing and the reception of films in various countries, with a focus on the films featured at Cannes. No pre-reqs are required.

Who can apply?

The UGA Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad Program is open to university students (including graduate students) in the United States who are interested in and passionate about the film industry.

Though this program allows anyone to apply, strong candidates have an appreciation for the film industry.

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Apply to Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad Program

Applications open in August of each year. Applications for Summer 2019 are due no later than January 18, 2019 at 5pm.

To apply, click the “Apply now” button, which will direct you to UGA’s Office of International Education’s StudyAway Portal. If you have any questions about the application process, contact Rebekah Ryan, Grady College’s Distance Learning Coordinator, at rryan26@uga.edu.

Program Staff

Rebekah Ryan has been Grady College’s distance learning coordinator since August 2016. She earned a bachelor of arts in public health from Georgia College and State University in 2011 and a master of arts in public relations from the University of Georgia in 2016. As the distance learning coordinator, Rebekah is the point of contact for all of Grady College’s study abroad and domestic field study programs.